One or more medical image processing apparatuses, methods for same and storage mediums are provided herein. At least one medical image processing apparatus obtains a medical image including a tubular structure picked up by a medical image pickup apparatus and generates a virtual endoscope image of the tubular structure on the basis of the obtained medical image. The obtained medical image accepts a specification of a target portion on the tubular structure, performs control to generate a cross-sectional image of the target portion on a cross section observation line indicating a cross section of the target portion from the medical image and displays the cross-sectional image.
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1. A medical image processing apparatus comprising: one or more processors that operate to: obtain a medical image including a tubular structure picked up by a medical image pickup apparatus; generate a virtual endoscope image of the tubular structure on a basis of the obtained medical image; accept a specification of a target portion on the tubular structure, the specification being performed on the virtual endoscope image; determine a cross section observation line that indicates a cross section of the accepted target portion and that is displayed on the virtual endoscope image on a basis of a size of the target portion; and perform control to generate a cross-sectional image of the target portion on the determined cross section observation line from the medical image and display the cross-sectional image.
2. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further operate to: accept an operation of moving the cross section observation line in a direction intersecting with an extending direction of the cross section observation line, wherein the one or more processors perform the control to display the cross-sectional image corresponding to the cross section observation line in conjunction with the operation.
3. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cross section observation line is a line in parallel with a long diameter or a short diameter of the target portion.
4. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the cross section observation line is a line in parallel with a long diameter or a short diameter of the target portion.
5. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors perform the control in a manner that a first cross-sectional image generated while corresponding to the cross section observation line in conjunction with the operation is set to be in parallel with a second cross-sectional image displayed before the operation is accepted.
6. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further operate to: obtain a viewpoint position of the generated virtual endoscope image, wherein the one or more processors perform the control to generate the cross-sectional image of the target portion from the medical image on a basis of the determined cross section observation line and the obtained viewpoint position and display the cross-sectional image.
7. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors further operate to: obtain a viewpoint position of the generated virtual endoscope image, wherein the one or more processors perform the control to generate the cross-sectional image of the target portion from the medical image on a basis of the determined cross section observation line and the obtained viewpoint position and display the cross-sectional image.
8. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors further operate to: obtain a viewpoint position of the generated virtual endoscope image, wherein the one or more processors perform the control to generate the cross-sectional image of the target portion from the medical image on a basis of the determined cross section observation line and the obtained viewpoint position and display the cross-sectional image.
9. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more processors further operate to: obtain a viewpoint position of the generated virtual endoscope image, wherein the one or more processors perform the control to generate the cross-sectional image of the target portion from the medical image on a basis of the determined cross section observation line and the obtained viewpoint position and display the cross-sectional image.
10. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors further operate to: obtain a viewpoint position of the generated virtual endoscope image, wherein the one or more processors perform the control to generate the cross-sectional image of the target portion from the medical image on a basis of the determined cross section observation line and the obtained viewpoint position and display the cross-sectional image.
11. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors determine the cross section observation line at a position equivalent to a long diameter of the target portion.
12. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors determine the cross section observation line at a position equivalent to a long diameter of the target portion.
13. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors determine the cross section observation line at a position equivalent to the long diameter of the target portion.
14. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more processors determine the cross section observation line at a position equivalent to the long diameter of the target portion.
15. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors determine the cross section observation line at a position equivalent to a long diameter of the target portion.
16. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors determine the cross section observation line at a position equivalent to a long diameter of the target portion.
17. The medical image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors determine the cross section observation line at a position equivalent to a long diameter of the target portion.
18. A medical image processing apparatus comprising: one or more processors that operate to: obtain a medical image including a tubular structure picked up by a medical image pickup apparatus; generate a virtual endoscope image of the tubular structure on a basis of the obtained medical image; accept a specification of a target portion on the tubular structure, the specification being performed on the virtual endoscope image; determine a long diameter of the accepted target portion; generate a cross-sectional image along the determined long diameter of the target portion from the medical image; and display the generated cross-sectional image on a display.
19. A medical image processing apparatus comprising: one or more processors that operate to: obtain a medical image including a tubular structure picked up by a medical image pickup apparatus; generate a virtual endoscope image of the tubular structure on a basis of the obtained medical image; accept a specification of a target portion on the tubular structure, the specification being performed on the virtual endoscope image; determine a long diameter of the accepted target portion; and superimpose information indicating a position of the determined long diameter of the target portion on the virtual endoscope image to be displayed on a display.
20. A medical image processing apparatus comprising: one or more processors that operate to: accept a specification of a target portion in a medical image; determine a long diameter of the accepted target portion; generate a cross-sectional image along the determined long diameter of the target portion from the medical image; and display the generated cross-sectional image on a display.
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December 15, 2016
June 18, 2019
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